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Russia

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, more than 1,600 metres to the bottom, and the oldest, at around 25 million years.

Where its story happens

Lake Baikal, at 53.50°N, 108.00°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Russia

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Russia, the largest country on Earth, stretching from Europe to the Pacific. See Russia on a map.
  2. Its capital is home to the Kremlin and the onion domes of St Basil's Cathedral.
  3. It spans eleven time zones.
  4. A single railway line here runs for more than 9,000 km, and the full ride takes about a week.
  5. One lake here holds about a fifth of all the unfrozen fresh water on the Earth's surface.

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